Series 5, Episode 7, Kouign amann
Another bake I'd never heard of before, Kouign amann. Here's Paul Hollywood's recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/kouign_amann_09102 This is a puff pastry but made with yeast so I had no idea how this would turn out. Making the dough was pretty easy because I just used
Series 5, Episode 5, Mini Pear Pies
I'm pretty sure this was the first bake that I saw which started brewing the idea of making all of the bake off bakes. It looked like fun to do. Here's the recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mini_pear_pies_77186 I went rogue when making this and
Series 5, Episode 3, Ciabatta
Here's Paul Hollywood's recipe for "easy" Ciabatta https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_ciabatta_98431 I followed PH's instructions to the letter, made my bread dough and left it to prove in my kitchen, which had no ovens on and was a moderate temperature. Here's the dough before proving: Here's
Series 4, Episode 10, Pretzels
This is the FINAL for series 4! It has taken much too long to get to this point, but I'm really pleased I've picked this back up again. I feel like I've got a bit of momentum going and will
Series 4, Episode 6, Apricot Couronne
I made an apricot couronne at the beginning of November, I have no excuse for not updating my blog. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/apricot_couronne_12975 I wasn't really looking forward to making this, I'm not a fan of raisins so assumed I wouldn't like it. Making
Series 4, Episode 4, Egg Custard Tarts
I was so excited to make egg custard tarts. I remember when I was a child, my grandparents used to bring us egg custard tarts, I used to eat the custard with a spoon, carry on through the pastry and
Series 4, Episode 2, English Muffins
Paul Hollywood's English muffin recipe is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/english_muffins_56640 Ain't nuffin like a good muffin (sorrynotsorry) I got up early on a weekend to make these so that we could have them for brunch. We'd already got into a bit of a habit of
Series 3, Episode 8, Chocolate Marshmallow Teacakes
I made these a couple of weeks ago but didn't get round to updating this, so apologies if this isn't as detailed as I'd have liked it. Here's the Paul Hollywood recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chocolate_marshmallow_60410 The recipe called for 7.5 cm wide half sphere moulds,
Series 3, Episode 7, Jam Doughnuts
My first bake off challenge for months! I have been reluctant to use up my bread flour since there's a shortage, but I managed to get some more recently so decided it was time to go for it. Here's the
Series 3, Episode 5, Hand-raised pie
I was looking forward to trying to improve my hot water crust pastry skills, this time without having to mess around with quail eggs! (See my previous blog post about pork pies here). Here's the recipe for the hand-raised chicken and